Posted on May 17, 2017
Watch This Guy Smoke 74-Year-Old Cigarettes From A World War II K-Ration
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I wouldn't try this.
Watch This Guy Smoke 74-Year-Old Cigarettes From A World War II K-Ration
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Why not, probably better tobacco that the chemical laced crap that is sold today.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
LTC (Join to see) The smokes yeah, but I would not eat anything from a K-Ration.
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Hell, I tried to smoke a cigarette from a '49 C-Rat pack and it burned faster than a grenade fuse. Damn near burned my lips
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SSgt Ryan Sylvester
Probably has something to do with how they were packaged. The cigarettes themselves wrapped in parchment, sealed in a wax-bound box, and again in cardboard. Not to mention that the tobacco itself was pipe tobacco, which doesn't dry out as fast. I can imagine that those C-Rats weren't sealed quite so caringly.
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CPT Jack Durish
SSgt Ryan Sylvester - The cigs in the '49 C-Rats were simply in a small sample package, like a standard Marlboro box with a flip top. No special seal
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SPC John Parmenter
In 1962 at Ft. Irwin we were issued old C-rations which included cigarettes. I pulled an Old Gold cigarette our of the pack & all the tobacco just slid out the end.
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74 years later, and still (mostly) edible.
I'm not sure whether that's a good thing, or a bad thing...
I'm not sure whether that's a good thing, or a bad thing...
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